The name may inspire a fit of giggles — but “dead butt” syndrome is real — and it can lead to serious problems down the road.

This could mess with your balance and contribute to conditions like IT band syndrome, gluteal tendinitis, and sciatic nerve (which runs through the glutes) compression and discomfort.

That pain in the back of your thigh as you run could mean an inflamed sciatic nerve By Harlan Selesnick, M.D. Special to the Miami Herald Updated May 14, 2021 9:34 AM ...

A 25-year-old male patient presented with foot drop indicative of a sciatic nerve injury following gluteal intramuscular (IM) injections. Blood tests and magnetic resonance imaging of his spine ...

Gluteal Amnesia. Street name: dead butt syndrome, or DBS. ... The sciatic nerve runs from your lower back, down through your buttocks and all the way to your feet.

This nerve helps you feel sensations like temperature and pain in your lower limbs. ... The posterior branch exits your pelvis through the obturator externus, a muscle located in the gluteal region.

Piriformis syndrome presents as pain, numbness and associated weakness along the distribution of the sciatic nerve. The pain is due to swelling, tightness or spasm of the piriformis muscle ...

Dead butt syndrome, or gluteal amnesia, happens when the glute muscles weaken and can't contract or relax properly from being stationary. Here's how to fix it.